August 11: CBS broadcast the first baseball game in color - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves

October 21: CBS introduces the "eye"

January 9 : United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City

October 3 3:58pm - "Shot Heard 'Round the World" One of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history-

Bobby Thompson of the NY Giants hits a walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the National League pennant

TELEVISION IN 1951--

Dinah Shore begins her first TV series, "The Dinah Shore Show"

The Roy Rogers Show debuts on NBC, starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

"I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS

"Hallmark Hall of Fame" premieres

January 3: "Dragnet" debuts on NBC

SPORTS—

1950 World Series was: NY Yankees vs. NY Giants (4-2)

Stanley Cup: Toronto vs. Montreal (4-1)

NCAA Basketball Championship: Kentucky vs. Kansas St. (68-58)

Count Turf was the Kentucky Derby champion

ACADEMY AWARDS

Best Motion Picture: "All About Eve"

Best Actor: Louis Calhern in "The Magnificent Yankee"

Best Actress: Anne Baxter in "All About Eve"

Jeff Chandler won for the best supporting actor in "Broken Arrow "

Hope Emerson won for the best supporting actress in "Caged"

MUSIC--

The Ames Brothers released the album Hoop-De-Doo

Perry Como has the hit single "If"

Tony Bennett has the hit single "Because of You"

Charlie Rich's musical career begins.

Johnnie Ray has his first hit

Cost of Living 1951

How Much things cost in 1951Yearly Inflation Rate USA 7.88% Yearly Inflation Rate UK 9.5% Average Cost of new house $9.000.00 Average wages per year $3,510.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 19 cents Average Cost of a new car $1,500.00 Loaf of Bread 16 cents LB of Hamburger Meat 50 cents Bacon per LB 52 cents Eggs per dozen 24 cents Water Jacket Heater ( Asbestos ) $4.59 Baby Diapers ( Cotton ) From $2.79 Children's Tricycle From $14.00

Popular Culture

The term Rock N Roll is coined by Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed

The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the U.S. for the first time.

Popular Films

An American in Paris

The African Queen

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Popular Music

Perry Como

Mario Lanza

Nat King Cole

Tony Bennett

Popular TV

I Love Lucy

What's My Line? debuts on BBC Television.

1951 Unemployment dipped to 3.3% in the US and new roads were built to take the ever increasing numbers of cars including the New Jersey Turnpike. Children were given more than any other time in previous history with guitar lessons and sets of Encyclopedias to improve their minds . The average family income was $3,700 per year and people had money to spend so cars became more luxurious and had more powerful engines with options for two tone paint, during this time things like turn signals were still an extra and most drivers still used hand signals to tell other drivers which way they were turning. Television continued to grow with popular programmes like "I Love Lucy" and the first tests for Color Television Pictures were broadcast from Empire State Building . Europe continued to export many cars to the US including Volkswagen's and Austin's.

Events

In an effort to introduce rhythm and blues to a broader white audience, which was hesitant to embrace "black music," disc jockey Alan Freed uses the term rock 'n' roll to describe R&B.

In the first broadcast of Edward R. Murrow's See It Now series, Murrow shows the split-screen image of the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and tells viewers it is the first time to see the Atlantic and Pacific oceans simultaneously.

Movies

The African Queen, A Streetcar Named Desire, An American in Paris, A Place in the Sun